alcohol

Parents who use marijuana are more likely to discipline their children, using both violent and non-violent methods.Researchers from Ohio State University interviewed 3,023 parents of children 12 years or younger. The team asked about recent and past use of alcohol,...

I have been sober for over four years. I am in amazement as I type that, but I also reflect on the terribly long and hard road it took me to get to where I am today.I used to be known as a “chronic relapser.” In other words, I was constantly on and off the wagon. It...

Alcohol doesn’t just affect the person drinking it. According to the Alcohol Research Group, around 1 in 5 Americans are harmed as a result of someone else’s drinking every year. Researchers analyzed US national survey data from 2015 and saw that 23% of men and 21% of...

Drinking even a small amount of alcohol, like one pint of beer, can significantly impair our driving abilities. Researchers from the University of Sussex question the current legal limit. Study participants drank a cocktail containing enough alcohol to keep them...

Substance abuse does not discriminate based on gender; instead, both men and women abuse substances and experience the adverse effects.And while women are just as likely as men to develop a substance use disorder, men are more likely to use and do drugs than...